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Post Politics from The Washington Post is the source for political news headlines, in-depth politics coverage and political opinion, plus breaking news on the Obama administration and White House, Congress, the Supreme Court, elections and more.

“This was household income when President Obama took office. This was the national debt. Under Obama, families have lost over $4,000 a year in income, and the national debt is now $16 trillion and growing. Barack Obama: More spending, more debt — failing American families.”

Nearly all of the independent advertising aired for the 2012 general-election campaign has come from interest groups that do not disclose their donors, suggesting that much of the political spending over the next six months will come from sources invisible to the public.

At a forum hosted by Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker named some of his competitors who might find a spot in his cabinet if he is elected president in 2016.

Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker credited David and Charles Koch with harnessing some Americans' frustration during a forum hosted by Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, the funding arm of the political network backed by the billionaire brothers.